A marketing research internship was completed at Howalt-McDowell Insurance, Inc., during the 2008 spring semester. Internship hours averaged between 10-12 hours per week. Duties included, but weren't limited to, conducting internet and phone research, formulating databases, making spreadsheets and Word documents, and presenting research. During the Internship, the intern met with insurance producers (sales associates) frequently to coordinate research efforts. This internship built my oral and written communication skills necessary for a business environment. This was a compensated internship.